Deputy Editorial Team Leader

Elsevier; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global information and analytics leader based in the UK is looking for a Deputy Editorial Team Leader to manage a team of Editorial Section Managers. This role involves recruiting, training, and ensuring effective workflows for manuscript review, as well as supporting the scientific journal community. Ideal candidates should possess a scientific background and have prior leadership experience, alongside excellent communication skills and the ability to handle multiple responsibilities effectively.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening and medical benefits

Wellbeing programs

Life assurance

Competitive contributory pension scheme

Employee discounts scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in people management and development.
• Strong interpersonal skills to foster great relationships.
• Capacity to work both independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Manage a global team of Editorial Section Managers.
• Recruit, train, and conduct performance evaluations for team members.
• Solve complex problems independently based on policies.

Skills

Scientific background in life/medical/social or physical sciences

People leadership experience

Attention to detail

Excellent English language skills

Technical savvy with Microsoft Office 365

Creativity and willingness to experiment

Ability to manage multiple responsibilities

Education

MSc level in relevant scientific field

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Tableau

PowerBI

Confluence

Jira

Job description

About our Team

Heliyon, an all-science, open access journal that is part of the Cell Press family, seeks a Deputy Editorial Team Leader for our team.

About the Role

This people leader role involves recruiting, training, and managing a team of (Senior) Editorial Section Managers and supporting a scientific journal. It offers skill development, collaboration, and exposure to the scientific community.

Responsibilities

• Fully responsible for the people management of a global team of (Senior) Editorial Section Managers. This includes, but is not limited to recruitment, onboarding, training, target setting, coaching, development, completing employee performance evaluations and recommending pay decisions.
• Coaching the team to be able to apply all workflows and standards efficiently so that they can move manuscripts through the peer review process in collaboration with editors and reviewers.
• Supervises the team so that they work together effectively. Ensures priority setting and coordinates work activities and cover as appropriate.
• Supports central workflows in the journal, such as interactions with external editors, authors, reviewers or post‑publication corrections.
• Proactively evolves and documents workflows for the team.
• Independently solves complex problems based on policies and procedures and contributes to the evolution of these.
• Liaise with other roles, if needed from other teams, to develop the journal further.

Requirements

• Have a scientific background in either the life/medical/social or physical sciences (MSc level or equivalent).
• Have existing people leadership and (open access) publishing experience.
• Be enthusiastic, analytical and have exceptional attention to detail.
• Have excellent English language skills with a focus on building great relationships.
• Show creativity, have a willingness to experiment, and a desire to improve.
• Be able to adapt to managing an internal team, handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously and treat people professionally. Work equally well collaboratively or independently in a deadline‑oriented environment.
• Be technically savvy and must be PC proficient with expertise working in Microsoft Office 365 suite (particularly Outlook and Excel) with the ability and desire to grow beyond that.
• Tableau, PowerBI, Confluence and Jira skills are a bonus.

Work in a way that works for you:

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long‑term goals.

Working for you:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

About the business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. What you do every day will help advance science and healthcare to advance human progress.

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